If you're not familiar with the Igloo Tornado's Henry & Glenn Forever book, you're missing out on some cosmic-level weirdness. The idea began as a collection of cartoons from various artists depicting punk/metal icons Glenn Danzig and Henry Rollins as a happily married gay couple living in suburbia. Since then it's ... well, you see the artwork above, right? You can find more at the H&G Facebook page. Buy the book HERE. I SAID BUY IT!
Since the initial book was published, the concept has exploded into public art exhibits, music and other forms of expression. Every time it appears to have run its course, someone else steps up with an idea that extends it a few more minutes. H&G has been a blast so far but I have to wonder where it will end. I suspect the words "murder" and "Danzig" will be involved somehow, though.
You know ... I'm actually kind of speechless. But you know who won't be? Glenn Danzig. Dude has never met a lawsuit he didn't like. Here's how the comic is described by the creators, Igloo Tornado:
"Henry and Glenn Forever is the ridiculous idea born out of a night of too many beers shared by a group of artists who sometimes call themselves Igloo Tornado. On that night Gin Stevens said "There should be a Tom of Finland book, but with Henry and Glenn..." and Tom Neely and Scot Nobles replied: "Yes! And we're going to do it!" This bold idea (or is it a bad idea?) became a small zine that grew into a notorious legend that has now become a nice little book published by Cantankerous Titles!"
"Allegedly, when Henry Rollins was shown an earlier version of the minicomic, his reaction was to ask if Glenn had seen it yet. Rollins thought Danzig would have been less than amused."
Gee, do you think? James O'Barr once told me Danzig sued him because he thought he based the hero of The Crow on him.
